News about Wimbledon

But Wimbledon, which started on Monday, is for the first time breaking its 147-year tradition of having line judges in characteristic suits determine if the ball is in or out of bounds. They have been replaced with robots and artificial intelligence (AI) that uses camera footage to track the ball and make calls.

Now that line judges are a thing of the past at Wimbledon, automated line calls can be heard when a shot is hit out of play or a player faults on a serve. Players and fans have complained the voices have been hard to hear compared to the bellows line judges used to let out when called into action.

Wimbledon has moved into a new era with line judges a thing of the past and a new AI technology now determines whether a ball is out - with staff voice overs declaring the call.